QA Jobs in the South West

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 27 62
Rank change year-on-year -32 +35 +56
Permanent jobs citing QA 366 571 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.97% 8.24% 4.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.96% 45.83% 29.74%
Number of salaries quoted 206 137 262
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,050
25th Percentile £30,313 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £64,250 £76,520
England median annual salary £53,150 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,264 1,246 1,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.70% 17.99% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 840 630 841
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,594 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £51,959 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +3.92% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the South West.

Salary trend for QA in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -21 127 £55,000 +15.79% 40
Gloucestershire -19 64 £35,000 -22.22% 19
Wiltshire -9 57 £30,000 -40.00% 12
Dorset -47 50 £47,500 - 8
Somerset 0 36 £30,000 -36.84% 30
Devon -17 14 £26,500 -26.95% 22
Cornwall -16 4 £23,238 -41.91% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.19%) Confluence
2 5 (1.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.09%) Drupal
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.55%) InfoPath
3 10 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (2.73%) SAP QM
2 3 (0.82%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 99 (27.05%) Azure
2 73 (19.95%) AWS
3 65 (17.76%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (9.29%) GCP
5 13 (3.55%) Power Automate
5 13 (3.55%) SaaS
6 9 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.37%) IaaS
7 5 (1.37%) PaaS
8 4 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.82%) Serverless
10 2 (0.55%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon Kinesis
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.27%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.27%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) Firewall
2 3 (0.82%) VoIP
3 1 (0.27%) BGP
3 1 (0.27%) HSRP
3 1 (0.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.27%) LAN
3 1 (0.27%) VLAN
3 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (8.74%) BigQuery
2 32 (8.74%) Looker
3 29 (7.92%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.28%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.37%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.82%) MySQL
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.82%) Power BI
7 3 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.82%) Tableau
8 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.27%) Big Data
9 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (7.38%) Selenium
2 26 (7.10%) Git
3 25 (6.83%) JIRA
4 22 (6.01%) Visual Studio
5 14 (3.83%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.46%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.91%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.91%) Postman
8 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.09%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.09%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.09%) JMeter
9 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.82%) Appium
10 3 (0.82%) JDeveloper
11 2 (0.55%) GitLab
11 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.55%) TestComplete
11 2 (0.55%) WebDriver
General
1 95 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 83 (22.68%) Manufacturing
3 55 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.74%) Billing
5 30 (8.20%) Pharmaceutical
6 25 (6.83%) Finance
7 24 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.19%) Retail
9 15 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.55%) Law
11 11 (3.01%) Legal
12 10 (2.73%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.73%) Marketing
13 7 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.64%) Electronics
14 6 (1.64%) Publishing
15 5 (1.37%) Automotive
15 5 (1.37%) Banking
15 5 (1.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 52 (14.21%) Developer
2 43 (11.75%) Senior
3 36 (9.84%) Engineering Manager
4 33 (9.02%) QA Engineer
5 32 (8.74%) Data Manager
6 27 (7.38%) Lead
7 25 (6.83%) Software Engineer
8 23 (6.28%) Quality Manager
9 22 (6.01%) QA Manager
10 21 (5.74%) Quality Engineer
11 19 (5.19%) .NET Developer
12 18 (4.92%) Administrator
13 13 (3.55%) Power Platform Developer
13 13 (3.55%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.55%) QA Officer
14 12 (3.28%) Technical Administrator
14 12 (3.28%) Technologist
15 11 (3.01%) QA Leader
15 11 (3.01%) Senior Developer
15 11 (3.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (12.02%) React
2 39 (10.66%) AngularJS
3 32 (8.74%) CSS
3 32 (8.74%) HTML
4 30 (8.20%) .NET
5 21 (5.74%) Spring
6 18 (4.92%) ASP.NET
7 17 (4.64%) ASP.NET MVC
7 17 (4.64%) jQuery
7 17 (4.64%) Vue
8 16 (4.37%) KnockoutJS
9 14 (3.83%) REST
10 10 (2.73%) Gherkin
11 9 (2.46%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.91%) XML
13 6 (1.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 6 (1.64%) WPF
13 6 (1.64%) XSD
13 6 (1.64%) XSLT
14 5 (1.37%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.84%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.73%) Biopharmaceutical
3 9 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.91%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.64%) NHS
6 4 (1.09%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.82%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.82%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.82%) FMCG
7 3 (0.82%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.55%) Acoustics
8 2 (0.55%) AS400
8 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.55%) Replication
8 2 (0.55%) Robotics
9 1 (0.27%) Clustering
9 1 (0.27%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.92%) Windows
2 12 (3.28%) Linux
3 4 (1.09%) AIX
4 3 (0.82%) Android
4 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (37.16%) Agile
2 117 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (24.59%) DevOps
4 84 (22.95%) Scrum
5 63 (17.21%) Project Management
6 50 (13.66%) CI/CD
7 44 (12.02%) ETL
7 44 (12.02%) Test Automation
8 43 (11.75%) Line Management
9 39 (10.66%) Mentoring
10 37 (10.11%) Product Backlog
11 36 (9.84%) Backlog Management
11 36 (9.84%) Data Modelling
12 34 (9.29%) Business Strategy
13 33 (9.02%) Data Engineering
14 32 (8.74%) Platform Engineering
15 29 (7.92%) Coaching
16 28 (7.65%) Project Delivery
17 27 (7.38%) Secure Coding
18 26 (7.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 36 (9.84%) Java
3 33 (9.02%) Python
4 30 (8.20%) C#
5 18 (4.92%) SQL
6 15 (4.10%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.64%) C
7 6 (1.64%) PHP
7 6 (1.64%) Ruby
8 3 (0.82%) Bash
8 3 (0.82%) Go
8 3 (0.82%) Perl
9 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.55%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.55%) R
9 2 (0.55%) Scala
9 2 (0.55%) Swift
10 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (21.86%) Degree
2 26 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.64%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.64%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.09%) ISEB
5 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.82%) CSPO
6 3 (0.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.82%) IIBA
7 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.55%) MBA
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.27%) CCNP
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.27%) MCSA
8 1 (0.27%) MCSD
8 1 (0.27%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.29%) GMP
2 13 (3.55%) ISO 13485
3 10 (2.73%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.82%) SLA
5 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.55%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.55%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) GxP
6 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Firmware
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 62 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.11%) Google
3 11 (3.01%) Oracle
4 10 (2.73%) SAP
5 4 (1.09%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.82%) Twitter
7 2 (0.55%) Fujitsu
7 2 (0.55%) VMware
8 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.27%) Databricks
8 1 (0.27%) Facebook
8 1 (0.27%) HP
8 1 (0.27%) Instagram
8 1 (0.27%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.27%) Splunk
8 1 (0.27%) Thales